Joseph Yaroch
@jcyaroch.bsky.social
Hike/run/photo: rocks and plants. Psychiatrist. New Mexico. Armchair philosopher, and founder of the Society of Perpetual Sophomores. Prepare for a general strike.
New Mexico’s Clean Energy Success Story: In many places high electricity demand equals high pollution. That used to be true in New Mexico, but the state’s electricity supply flipped from majority climate-warming fossil fuels to majority renewables in just five years🌎 www.juancole.com/2026/08/mexi...
New Mexico’s Clean Energy Success Story
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“There’s a real probability that this is going to be a problem that’s fundamentally unsolvable,” says Charles Ye, an independent researcher and coauthor of the ICML paper. www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/30/1...
A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack
It makes it easy to trick them into doing things they shouldn’t, such as telling you how to sabotage an aircraft’s navigation system.
technologyreview.com
Random thoughts. Before you can become an Übermensch, you must first become a Mensch. Some people forget that step.
Prickly Pear Cactus fruit. The fruit can be used to make syrup or jelly. The taste is marvelous.
This is pretty good. It's accurate, straightforward, and non-dramatic. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The Real Antidepressant Crisis
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Americans overuse SSRIs. In fact, too many people who need depression treatment aren’t getting any.
theatlantic.com
This is deeply troubling. Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Department Records | MedPage Today www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Department Records
At least 100 hospitals have been asked to send identifiable medical records for all visits
medpagetoday.com
We had that fence put up specifically to keep the javelina out of the yard. Life in New Mexico.
It's almost as though they want to make life more precarious. People in the "precariat" class are easier to exploit. As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule - KOCO www.koco.com/article/trum...
As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been ...
koco.com
I remember how some folks were critical of Bernie Sanders because he lived in a $600,000 house (his wife inherited the house,) and had royalties from book sales. The current President is orders of magnitude wealthier.
The Upshot@upshot.nytimes.com · 2w agoThe Chinese immigrants trafficked on New Mexico’s weed farms - High Country News www.hcn.org/issues/58-7/...
The Chinese immigrants trafficked on New Mexico’s weed farms - High Country News
From Monterey Park to New Mexico, Chinese migrants were recruited into remote cannabis grows where silence and jurisdictional gaps sustained abuse.
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Pelecyphora macromeris, formerly Coryphantha macromeris. This one is near my office in Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA.
Oxytocin promotes socially triggered cataplexy (in mice)| Nature Neuroscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oxytocin promotes socially triggered cataplexy - Nature Neuroscience
In people with narcolepsy, cataplexy is often triggered by strong emotions in social situations. Mahoney et al. show that such cataplexy is mediated by oxytocin-responsive neurons in the amygdala that...
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Ungnadia speciosa (Mexican buckeye) with seed pod; Cucurbita foetidissima (buffalo gourd) with yellow flowers. Nature photography. Dripping Springs Natural Area, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
I share this hesitantly: some will infer that it provides a rationale for prescribing dopamine-boosting drugs to these people. It doesn't. It provides a plausible mechanism leading to a hypothesis. Clinical trials would be needed to test the hypothesis. 😷 www.discovermagazine.com/long-covid-m...
Long COVID May Affect Motivation and Memory by Injuring the Brain’s Dopamine System
Learn how new brain scans link long COVID to changes in the dopamine system that may help explain fatigue, brain fog, and loss of motivation.
discovermagazine.com
North side of La Cueva at the Dripping Springs Natural Area, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
Spring Canyon, northwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. If you go to the Box Canyon dam, then climb up the hill to the north, this is what you see. That's Picacho Peak on the right, and the Organ Mountains on the horizon.
Who would pay 100k for a slightly faster feed? High-frequency traders. Although public announcements from the public are public property, they are trying to make a profit from it.
Ferocactus wizlizeni, fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus. Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA. Nature photography.
The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Be AI Slop "All the resources in the world and the logo for Trump Airport is AI generated." futurism.com/artificial-i...
Curved-bill thrasher Las Cruces NM USA Bird photography 📸 🐦
From the archive: "The Corporate Appropriation of Community", by Paul M. M. Doolan #Philosophy #Philsky
The Corporate Appropriation of Community
From the archive: "The Corporate Appropriation of Community", by Paul M. M. Doolan
epochemagazine.org
"As of July 1, 2025, FoodNet, the main foodborne illness surveillance arm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), made tracking Cyclospora optional."
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This is a huge problem. I am not a Marxist, but he was right about the concept of late-stage capitalism. This is social murder. Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity’s stake in US healthcare grows | US healthcare | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity’s stake in US healthcare grows
New report details slew of ventures between private equity and non-profits and calls for greater government oversight
theguardian.com
Echinocactus horizonthalonius. Prehistorical Trackways National Monument.
I was fooled by Fetterman. I was always skeptical of Platner. I never thought Musk was anything other than an asshole. So I just need to recalibrate a little.
Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape@breakify.bsky.social · 4w agoThe Elon Musk you see today is exactly who he always was. The John Fetterman you see today is exactly who he always was. The Graham Platner you see today is exactly who he always was. They didn't change. You were fooled. Hope that helps. Try not to fall for it again next time.
